Myanmar protests: US, Britain sanction military-run firms as nine killed by security forces

Name: Seven-year-old girl shot dead in Myanmar military crackdown, protesters call for silent strike
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The punitive measures target Myanmar Economic Holdings Ltd and Myanmar Economic Corporation Ltd

The foreign ministers of Singapore and Indonesia said they were ‘very distressed’ by the situation in Myanmar

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Protesters march in Mandalay on March 25, 2021. At least 286 people have been killed since the military launched a coup on February 1. Photo: EPA-EFE

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Published: 3:44pm, 25 Mar 2021Updated: 3:22am, 26 Mar 2021

The United States and Britain turned up the international pressure on Myanmar’s ruling junta on Thursday by blacklisting military-controlled businesses, but troops reportedly shot dead nine more protesters in the generals’ campaign to crush dissent.

Thousands of people held protests against last month’s coup in the commercial capital Yangon and other cities and towns on Thursday, according to witnesses and social media posts.

“Are we united? Yes we are,” protesters shouted in Monywa. “The revolution must prevail.”

Myanmar has been rocked by almost daily protests since the army overthrew Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government on February 1 and installed the junta. Suu Kyi and other members of her National League for Democracy (NLD) are being held in detention.

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Seven-year-old girl shot dead in Myanmar military crackdown, protesters call for silent strike

At least 320 people have been killed in the subsequent crackdown as of Thursday evening, according to figures compiled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) activist group.

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